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BioShock coming to Macs
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 25th September 2009
BioShock will be ported to Apple Macs by Feral Interactive, who hope to release it this October.
To play the Mac version of the game you'll need a 1.8GHz Intel Mac with at least 1.5GB RAM, a 128MB graphics card, DVD drive and 8GB of hard disk space, running OSX 10.5.8 or later.
Feral Interactive has warned that the game has problems running on Intel GMA integrated graphics chips, but that it should run fine on the latest series of MacBooks and Mac Minis.
Feral is hoping to get the port turned around very quickly, which will either be very good or very bad news, and plans to have the game on shelves by October 7th. This year, obviously.
If you're desperate to get hold of the critically acclaimed game then Feral is currently accepting pre-orders via their online store, priced at £34.99.
If you're unsure whether you'd be interested in the game then you can check out our BioShock review for more details. The rest of you can head to the forums and argue about which is better; Mac or PC.
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MacPC :DThe Mac has always been behind the times in terms of games. There's just no point in spending time and money on such a small hardware base (in relation to Windows PCs and games consoles).
Anyway, looking at the spec you need an Intel machine...the same machine that can also run Windows. So why not just pick up the PC version of Bioshock (for £9.99 from Game) and run it using Bootcamp?!?
If I wanted less functionality than my pc that is.
I'm not a Mac user but, if these companies want to be taken seriously, then they need to release new games quicker and have prices comparable to PC versions. Until they do that, Mac gaming will be stuck in the past. An expensive past.
^this is so true. But a lot of Mac users aren't aware they can do this, so will happily pay the premium for last years game.
This is exactly what my GF done to hers (without any aid from myself I might add) in order to be able to play TF2 and L4D :D
Maybe because you'd have to pay £100 for a legit copy of windows?
Ok I'm ready for the debate, please make it, fun repetitive and childish as I need some entertainment at work.
If you do any decent amount of gaming, or want games not ported over to OSX it will end up cheaper.
You need to consider the fact that poeple that buy Macs (usually) know they are already spening more money than they need to. They are unlikely to care as much about the price as most of us.
Feral do not use Transgaming's Cider technology. That's Transgaming. Feral port games to Mac. There's no Windows .exe lurking in the file system.
The Mac Gamer - Google it!
Talking of which, isn't Rage also coming to the Mac?
Who knows, in 5 years time with MS and publishers continuing on their quest to turn the PC into a glorified games console, the Mac could become the platform of choice for the hardcore gaming niche, looking for new experiences. For the time being though, Mac owners shouldn't bother with bootcamp or buying a gaming PC; just buy yourself an Xbox 360 or PS3 instead; their pretty much all the same these days anyway.
World gaming order at present:
1st - Console gamers with their grubby little hands on all the goodies first and big smiles on the faces; you've got to hate them!
2nd - PC gamers left waiting for the port, but comforting themselves with some benchmarks and by the fact that their expensive high end card will let them play the exact same game at a higher res - or at least it should - providing the developers have done the port right and ATI/Nvidia haven't messed up the drivers.
3rd - Mac gamers (yes they do exist) are just left waiting, hoping, maybe, yes! - Its BioShock! - And its only 2 years old!
By the way iwog, are you sharing that popcorn and is it salted?
Agreed.
I've used Macs for thirteen odd years and I have played some great games on them. Windows is where it's at for games, but the Mac does have potential and it is being leveraged slowly. There is a hell of a lot more that Apple can do to inspire development for the platform, though.
Colin McRae 05 wasn't a port, neither was FlatOut2. Both used a wrapper like Cider. Seriously, check the files out.
if valve made steam for mac i guess most of you would be on it too, i have a windows PC with steam etc on it but it only gets used for the accounts package, so accounts and games, the mac is much better for everything else, flame away i'm no fan boy just telling it how it is
I have to admit, I only like their MacBook line.. but finally, theres some good competition against the MBP's
Considering it's done by id Software, one of the biggest linux supporting game makers around it's safe to say it'll get a mac/linux installer available free on their website :D
You all have a small penis get over it.
oh come on, that is just immature. :(
and the best news on TheMacGamer.com is (drumroll).................. Bioshock, lawl
Untrue.
If Colin McRae was a Cider-like Wrapper, how could it run on the PPC architecture? Cider and Cider-like stuff works because it's using Intel processors.
Best is subjective. It's news.
I think you must have been doing some pirating :-(, the "Cider" version was a version hacked together by some pirates and seeded on Pirate Bay and other piracy sites so the only way you could have come across that version is by downloading it illegally! The legitimate version you actually buy works on PPC and Intel and is by it's very nature a full Mac OS X application.
Flat Out 2 was not ported by Feral and as such I don't know if it used Cider.
Edwin
Feral Interactive